A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future atmospheric research. Researchers from The University of New Mexico, in partnership with colleagues across the United States and…
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TOI-4465 B: New Giant Exoplanet Discovered 400 Light-Years Away
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Scientists Create “Living Bricks” To Build Homes on Mars
Scientists developed living materials that turn Martian dust into structures using synthetic lichens. This innovation enables autonomous Mars construction. Living on Mars has long captured the imagination, often portrayed as a distant goal rooted…
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This “City-Killer” Asteroid Has a 4% Chance of Hitting the Moon
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA’s upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early detection of similar threats. Earlier this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 drew global attention when its estimated…
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Boeing lands $2.8 billion deal to build next-gen nuclear communications satellites
The ESS satellites are central to U.S. nuclear command, control and communications
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Congress passes budget reconciliation bill with $10 billion for NASA
WASHINGTON — Congress approved a budget reconciliation bill that includes nearly $10 billion for NASA human spaceflight programs and could also lead to the transfer of a space shuttle to Houston.
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Photochemistry of interstellar ice forming complex organic molecules
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Eleven New Transiting Brown Dwarfs and Very-low-mass Stars from TESS
We present the discovery of 11 new transiting brown dwarfs (BDs) and low-mass M dwarfs from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission: TOI-2844, TOI-3122, TOI-3577, TOI-3755, TOI-4462, TOI-4635, TOI-4737, TOI-4759, TOI-5240,…
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China launches first classified Shiyan-28B experimental satellite
HELSINKI — China sent a new satellite into orbit for its experimental Shiyan series Thursday with a launch from the country’s southwest.
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From Wet to Wasteland: Why Mars Lost Its Chance at Life
What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of…
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